Create PDF


Professional Professional(TS)

You can create a new PDF file by selecting the [Create pdf] option from the [File] menu.

Blank page

A blank page PDF file (A4-sized / Portrait / 1 page) can be created.

  1. Select [File] menu > [Create pdf] > [Blank page].
  2. Specify the save destination and a file name, and save the file.
    • A file with the same name cannot be saved.
  3. The blank page PDF file you have created will be displayed.

 

From scanner

Paper documents can be read directly, and manipulated and saved as PDF files.

  1. Set the document in the scanner.
  2. Select [File] menu > [Create pdf] > [From scanner]. 
  3. Select the scanner you want to use, make the required settings, and click [Scanner Setting].
    Read method Only [One side] can be selected.
    Creation method Only [New] can be selected.
    Color/Gray scale Select [JPEG] or [JPEG2000] for the compression method of color or grayscale images in the document.
    Black and white bitmap Select [CCITTFax(G4)] or [JBIG2] for the compression method for black and white images in the document.
    Image quality When [JPEG] has been selected in [Color/Gray scale], move the knob of the slide bar to the left or right to specify the compression ratio. [No degradation] cannot be selected.
    When [JPEG2000] has been selected in [Color/Gray scale], select [Some degradation] (compress with a format that does not guarantee image quality), or [No degradation] (compress in a format that guarantees image quality). When [Some degradation] is selected, move the knob of the slide bar to the left and right to specify the compression ratio.
    Default Restore all settings to default. 
  4. Specify the save destination and a file name, and save the file.
    • A file with the same name cannot be saved.
  5. Once the scanning application has started, please read the document.
    • Refer to the manual of the respective application for how to operate the scanning application. 
  6. The Scanner Reading dialog box will be  displayed.
    To continue scanning the next page of the document, set the next page in the scanner and click on the [Yes] button.
    To finish scanning, click on the [No] button.
  7. Review the content and save it by overwriting.

In the case of document is read with [No degradation], the size of the PDF file will be larger compared to the case when [Some degradation] is specified.
When the compression ratio is specified under [Some degradation], the file size will be smaller as the setting approaches [Low quality (High compression)] and larger as the setting approaches [High quality (Low compression)]. 

 

From image file

  1. Select [File] menu > [Create pdf] > [From image file]. 
  2. Set the required settings and click [Accept].
    Color/Gray scale Select [JPEG] or [JPEG2000] for the compression method of color or grayscale images in the document.
    Black and white bitmap Select [CCITTFax(G4)] or [JBIG2] for the compression method for black and white images in the document.
    Image quality

    When [JPEG] has been selected in [Color/Gray scale], move the knob of the slide bar to the left or right to specify the compression ratio. [No degradation] cannot be selected.
    When [JPEG2000] has been selected in [Color/Gray scale], select [Some degradation] (compress with a format that does not guarantee image quality), or [No degradation] (compress in a format that guarantees image quality).

    When [Some degradation] is selected, move the knob of the slide bar to the left and right to specify the compression ratio.

     

  3. Specify the save destination and a file name, and save the file.
    • A file with the same name cannot be saved.
  4. Select the image file to be converted to a PDF, then click [Reading]. 
    To continue reading image, click on the [Reading] button.
    To finish reading, click on the [Finish] button.

In the case of document is read with [No degradation], the size of the PDF file will be larger compared to the case when [Some degradation] is specified.
When the compression ratio is specified under [Some degradation], the file size will be smaller as the setting approaches [Low quality (High compression)] and larger as the setting approaches [High quality (Low compression)].